Hexagonal laboratory dishes holding flakes, cream and powder

Expertise
in performance
chemicals

Ingredients and custom-made solutions

Milano, since 1987.

Understanding the needs. Applying the expertise

Forty years working with formulators and purchasing officers.

The brief

  • Performance
  • Consistent quality
  • Compliance
  • Flexibility
  • Reliability
  • Price coherence

The answer

CISME responds with three levels of expertise across the ingredient value chain.

  1. 01

    Production processes

    Chemical production of the ingredient.

  2. 02

    Application knowledge

    Use of the ingredient in application.

  3. 03

    Proprietary solutions

    CISME patented ingredients.

DIRECT Quality Control & Quality Assurance

Expertise: Production processes

Chemical production processes behind the ingredient.

01 The CISME 4C

CISME process expertise makes ingredients reliable.
It develops across four pillars.

Controlled
process
  • Process alignment
  • In-line monitoring
  • Outlier prevention
Correction
plant
  • Rental capacity
  • Co-production
  • Custom manufacturing
Consistent
quality
  • Raw material sourcing control
  • Lower batch deviations
  • Audited standards
Continuous
supply
  • Multiple plant, one spec, one quality
  • Aligned production lines
  • No supply gaps

Company operating in compliance with
ISO 9001:2015 Production & Quality System

CISME production plant

Expertise: Application knowledge

Understanding each ingredient behavior and its limits in formula.

02 What we bring

Technical sales

  • Market trends
  • Claim ideas
  • Marketing presentation & Sales kit

Application lab

  • Prototype formulas & Simulations
  • Formulation tips
  • Stability & Compatibility testing
  • Texture library
  • Technical training (dedicated sessions)
  • Hands-on support, sampling to scale-up

Support beyond
the specification.

CISME technicians in the application lab

Expertise: Proprietary solutions

Two development paths. One technical objective.

03

Path 01

Market needs

  • Broad need
  • CISME development
  • Proprietary solution

Path 02

Specific customer projects

  • Specific request
  • Dedicated development
  • Confidentiality

Examples of proprietary developments

Personal care

  • NATEROL® SF40-B
  • DITEROL® AL40PF
  • DITEROL® AZ30
  • PROTAROL® AFP
  • and more…

Detergency

  • ETEROL™ 100
  • TOPRASIL™ M55
  • HAMAROL JA
  • HAMAROL WC4
  • and more…

Expertise: Ingredients portfolio

Competence inspires choice.

Selection process: six phases

  1. 01Scouting & evaluation
  2. 02Idea incubation
  3. 03Contracting
    & mass production
  4. 04Quality control
  5. 05Packaging
  6. 06Logistics
CISME quality guarantee
CISME staff testing an ingredient

Sales team backing the expertise. People

People who know the chemistry.

We are committed to diffuse knowledge and support our partners projects with creativity and integrity.

The CISME sales team

Our values

What guides our work, every day.

  • Continuity

    Family-owned since 1987.

    Stable relationships, fast decisions and consistent supply policies.

  • Independence

    No principals. No parent company. No funds. No forced technological lines.

    We recommend the chemistry that best fits our customers’ projects.

  • Responsibility & honorability

    One clear commitment, from ingredient selection to delivery.

    Spoken commitments are treated with the same discipline as contractual ones.

  • Sustainability as efficiency

    Optimised processes, waste reduction, controlled quality and the right cost-performance balance.

The CISME team